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Supreme Court Rejects Florida’s Bid to Sue States Over Commercial Driver’s Licenses
Florida filed the lawsuit after an illegal immigrant truck driver allegedly caused a crash in Florida that killed three people.
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Federal Court Blocks Alabama’s New Congressional Map Favoring Republicans
The judges said the map, which redraws a majority-black district, ‘intentionally discriminated based on race.’ The state could appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court Issues Unanimous Ruling: Courts Cannot Rewrite Federal Law Based on Politics
In a procedural victory for the Trump administration, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a unanimous, unsigned decision, reversing a lower court ruling that revived a First Amendment lawsuit by the National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ) challenging an Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) policy requiring prior approval for public speeches and writings related to their official duties.
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ICE Ordered to Ramp Up Cases Against Attorneys Accused of Filing False Asylum Claims
The Hill The Department of Homeland Security is directing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to craft new policies to crack down on immigration attorneys if they aid in filing fraudulent asylum claims. The move is the Trump administration’s latest effort to target asylum, the legal process by which those fleeing danger and persecution can seek protection in the United States. The DHS memo accuses immigration attorneys of “assert[ing] that virtually every illegal alien is going to be persecuted or tortured in his or her home country because of a protected characteristic like race or political opinion.” READ THE FULL STORY
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Kansas City Argues It Can Force Christians to Counsel Gay Married Couples Without Violating SCOTUS
The Supreme Court likely sounded the death knell of state and local bans on so-called conversion therapy for minors, at least limited to talking, when eight justices blocked Colorado from punishing counselor Kaley Chiles for not affirming unwanted gender confusion in her young clients while letting her talk them into identifying as the opposite sex.
Missouri’s Kansas City and Jackson County are nonetheless trying to preserve their self-admitted "functionally identical" ordinances as long as possible, and in the city’s case, validate an even further-reaching, all-ages public accommodation ordinance, in response to a challenge by licensed counselors Wyatt Bury and Pamela Eisenreich.
AOC tells New Yorkers to ‘pull up’ to Alabama during rally speech behind bulletproof glass…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is taking heat from southern conservatives after she delivered a fiery speech in Montgomery, Alabama, last week, demanding that northern progressives “pull up to the South.”
Ocasio-Cortez then issued a highly controversial call to action, demanding that “the North” travel to red states like Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Tennessee and Mississippi to fight what she described as political injustice.
White House Secured Following Reports Of Multiple Gunshots Outdoors
White House Secured Following Reports Of Multiple Gunshots Outdoors
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Two Reportedly Wounded After Shots Fired Near White House
Two were wounded after shots were fired outside the White House near the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, including the potential suspect, CBS news reported. FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed Saturday evening that the bureau is investigating after reporters heard shots fired near the White House. “FBI is on the scene and supporting Secret Service responding…
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